Burial-case



mh j

V. BREUER.

BURIAL CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I7, 1920.

IIIIIIIIIII'" IIIIIIIIIIII'Il E,

y SWU@ who@ @5% @PROM/w15 VLADIKIB BBEUER, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BURIAL-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application led February 17, 1920. Serial No. 359,459.

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial- Cases, of which the following-is a specilication.

The present invention relates to burial cases, and more particularly to means for providing a hermetical seal for the saine.

For the purpose of obtaining an air-tight closure in coins, packing or sealing strips are interposed between the body of the Collin and the cover thereof. The body and cover are usually secured together by a plurality of clamps, which are carried by the body and co-act with the cover. Heretofore, as far as known, the sealing or packing strips were pasted to the upper edge of the collin body, and considerable difficulty has been experienced in putting the cover in place, inasmuch as the sealing or packing strips were apt to become loose and displaced during the clamping operations, thereby preventing an air-tight closure between the body and the cover. Most of the clamping means heretofore employed are objectionable for the reason that they permit the entrance of air into and the escape of gases from the coffin at those places of the Collin body, at which these clamping means pass through or into the said body.

The main object of the present invention is to obviate these defects or, in other words, first, to produce means which holds the sealing or packing strips firmly in place during and after the clamping operations, and, second, provide the clampingvmeans with sealing gaskets, that produce an air-tight closure at those'points of the coflin body at which the clamping means enter the same.

Another object of the invention is to produce a construction of the type mentioned which is capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

With these and otherl objects in view, which will more full appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter `described, pointed out in the appended 65 claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appeiided claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the 1.I1veiit1on is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1l 1s. a vertical section taken through a portion of the cover and a side wall of a sheet metal coliin, provided with packing strip holding means and clamping means constructed in accordance with the present invention; and F ig. 2 is a similar section, partly in elevation.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates one of the sides o a Collin body, that is termed of sheet metal and provided at its upper edge with an inwardly bent Harige 11. The free end of this flange is bent downward, as shown at 12, in parallel relation to the body portion of the side 10. Below the flange 11 is fastened to the sides of the body c, preferably, wooden frame 13, into which extend the cover clamping means 14. The frame 13 is held in place in any suitable manner, it abutting against the side 10, the flange 11 and the downwardly bent portion 12 of the said flan e.

The cover 15 o the coffin is also formed of sheet metal, it being provided at its lower edge with an outwardly extending horizontal portion 16, from which extends downward a flange 17. The flange extends iiiward, as shown at 18, in parallel relation to the horizontal portion 16 and then upward, as indicated at 19, in arallel relation to the body portion of the ange 17. A channeliron 20 abuts against the horizontal portion 16 of the cover, its outer vertical wall 2l contactin throughout its length with the downwar ly extending flange 17 of the cover and being held in place b the inwardly projecting portion 18 and7 the upwardly bent section 19 of the said flange. If necessary, the channel-iron, in addition, may be soldered to the horizontal-portion 16 and the flange 17 of the cover. Into the channel 22 of the iron 20 is placed a sealing or packing strip 23, that may be held in place by friction or by a suitable cementing medium. The packing or sealing strip projects below the channel iron, its rounded free end 24 resting upon the flange 1l of the coin body.

The body and cover are secured together `by a plurality of clamps 14, which are carried by the body and coact with the cover. Each of these clamps comprises a screw bolt 25, extending throu h the flange 11 into the wooden frame 13. round this bolt there is formed in the said wooden framea substantially conical recess 26, into which a portion of the flange 11 is forced, whereby a depression 27 is obtained in the said flange. In this depression is seated the conical portion 27 of a rubber ring or gasket 28, which is drawn over the bolt 25 and supports a jaw member 29, the latter being slidably and rotatably arranged on the said bolt and being provided with a nose 30. This nose is adapted to overhang and engage the flange 16 of the cover 15. The upper free end of the bolt 25 is provided with a head 31, abutting against the jaw 29.

A molding 32, fitting the cover 15 and .the sides 10 of the coiiin, is placed over the clamping means and serves to conceal the latter so as to give a finished appearance to the burial case.

In operation, when the cover 15 has been placed into position, the movable jaws are turned about the axes of the screw bolts 25 until their noses overlie the horizontal portion 16 of the cover. The heads 31 of the screw bolts are then engaged, one after the other, by proper tools and the said screw bolts screwed down until the cover has been sufficiently pressed toward the flange 11 of the box. In doing so, the sealing strip 28 spreads to some extent at its rounded lower edge 24, making an air-tight closure. It is to be observed that the sealing or packing strip of the coiin, being attached to the cover thereof, has no tendency to leave its proper place when the cover is placed in position upon the body of the coflin, the said packing being kept within the channel-iron 20 both during and after the clamping operation. When the jaws 29 are put to clamping positions, the askets 28 are compressed and firmly pressed7 against the flan e 11 so that passage of air through those ioles in the fiange 11, through which the screw bolts 25 extend is effectively prevented. The gaskets 28 have a two-fold function, to wit: first. they serve as sealing means, and, second, they constitute supports for the jaws 29, maintaining the latter in proper positions to perform their clamping operations.

It is obvious that, while herein a specific way has been described for keeping a packing strip in position upon the cover of a coiiin, any other mechanism may be provided for the purpose specified. Furthermore, it is obvious that, while herein a spe.- cific clamping jaw has been disclosed, any other suitable mechanism may be provided for the purpose called for without departing` from the invention, which lies mainly in the provision of a sealing gasket upon the bolt of the clamping mechanism.

What I claim isz- The combination with a coilin body provided at its ufpper edge with an inwardly bent flange, o a cover therefor having an outwardly bent horizontal portion from which extends downward a fiange, a channel iron abutting against the outwardly bent portion and the flange of said cover, said cover flange extending inward and thence upward into the channel of said iron, therel by holding the latter in place, and a packin strip seated within said channel iron an iixed thereto, said strip projecting below said channel-iron and resting upon the flange oi said cofiin body, said strip being free t0 spread on said flange.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 11th day of Nov., A. D. 1919.

VLADIMIR BREUER. 

